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This is my first auto grow any tips and help would be great!
Growing in a 4 x 4 grow tent planning to veg under my 400 W T5 and flower under a 600 W kind LED. Temperature is always a problem, as I live in a state that is over 90° and over 75% humidity 8 months out of the year, I can only get my room down to 76 and the tents stay between 76 and 85 depending on the time of day and if the lights are on or off since the Ac has to work so hard I struggle with humidity being too low which is funny considering how humid it is outside. Growing up Foxfarm Ocean Forest with the bottom layer of Foxfarm Strawberry Fields don't use many nutrients mainly just liquid seaweed extract humic acid and great white microriza, with my regular "non-auto flower plants" I would typically give them one feeding just before flower and then at week five a flower I suppose I will try the same with the auto flowers
Seed day 0: put in paper towel with great white sprinkled on top of the seeds sealed in a Tupperware and put in a dark cabinet will check in 2 days
Day 1: after only 24 hrs all seeds had sprouts ready to plant, 3 gal buckets w Fox Farms Strawberry fields in bottom half and Ocean forest in top half, dresses w gnat nix and watered in w ro water w splash KLN and a pour of Seaweed extract, Great white in the hole
400w T5 30" away, 82deg 50% humidity
Day 7: of the 8 seeds 6 poped out sprouts, so down to 6 plants, those 6 are looking good, I mist them 4-5x a day and the soil (like 2 sprays from a hand mister) just to keep the humidity up for them
Day 14:Day45: had to water 2x in 4 days, but had the room all jacked up running on back up power with all kinds of fans (4day power outage) they are slow growing, I'm sure at this point I'm too low on co2 just don't wanna lug all the shit around all the time haha, note: last 2 watering have been RO water only about 10ppm
Seed day 18: we survived the hurricane :)
Have been adding light water last few times (water only every 3-4days, just tonkeep mosit. Did a full watering/feed day 17. 600ml each, came through w my sprayer 3x for a 12 count each pass 5 mins between passes... did this due to noticing my watering techniques have been making my soil dry out too much, and trying to up the moisture in the mix.
1gal ro mix
10ML ProTek
1/2 scoop great white
5 ml mag pro
30ml maxi crop liquid seaweed
6.3 ph ppm 515
Still 30 inches away 4 foot 8 bulb (400w) t5
Day 27: 15sec water w 1gal mix RO
20 ml maxicrop liquid Seaweed
15 ml humic acid
5 ml molasses
315ppm 6.5ph
Day 28: lowered my 400w T5 down to 24"
Day 29: 10 sec 5sec watering RO water only 7.0ph 15ppm
The high heat and low humidity is drying out the soil fast, I'm trying not to over water, but for the last few weeks I've been letting the soil get to dry... it took me like 10 days to get the moisture correct after messing up the hydrostatic tension from letting it get to dry.... still learning the soil, just as I got DWC down I switched :)
Day31: finally some growth, still working on getting my soil moisture balanced.. between letting them dry to much and the high heat and low humidity I'm having a battle...
15 sec watering today with
sprayer 1 gal RO mix
1 ml Mammoth P
20 ml maxicrop liquid Seaweed
15 ml fossil fuel
5 ml ProTek
Splash of K-L-N
Ph 7.1 285ppm
Day 34&35 soil was little too dry, so watered for 15 seconds both days RO water only ph6.5
3 are much taller and very stretchy, 3 are smaller and fatter... duno
Day 37: last week they really grew, been hot and dry, ordered a humidifier today, watering every other day with plain RO water 2) 10second sprays each
Tallest is about 16" shortest is 9" all 3 on the left are tall and the 3 on the right are short... duno...thoughts about that? And no I have not moved them around. Buds forming up too
Day 41: humidifier put in room, its down to humidity and CO2 slowing me down... so if this dosent work, you know what's next 🙈
Day 42: plants already look more happy with the extra humidity the whole room definitely feels better. I move the plants from left to right since the left side were growing so tall and the right side so short. I also adjusted the light up to keep 18-20" from tallest
Day 43: water RO mix
20ml maxicrop Seaweed
20ml fossil fuel humic acid
1 ml Mammoth P
Dash KLN
280ppm 6.8 ph
4- 10to15 second watering passes at
Day 44
10 second watering w above leftovers few hours before lights out
Day45: (pics from this day)
RO water only 2, 10 second passes
Tallest plant 22" shortest 11"... 2 of the plants are starting to stretch, 4 of the plant have been in full flower for at least a week now...(see pics)
Day 53 pots light and dry, last full watering was 5 days ago, did a very light watering every other day at lights on to keep my soil from just drying out super fast... starting to dial in my water... just wish I could go longer with no water input at all.. but it isn't what it is..
3x 12-15 second passes 1/6 of a gallon each total.. I have to make "passes" with my water or it just runs straight through to run off... anyone else have this issue?
1 gal RO mix 1.5 ml mammoth p ph6.4
Most of the plants have cought up in size, On is just gonna be a shortie I guess. They appear to be done getting taller and now just filling out.
Thanks for stopping by 😬
Just a reminder. I started with 12 seeds, and I haven't done ANYTHING to these plants, even started them in 3 gal pots, and they just chill in my veg area... for for my input and time I'm happy so far, always open to advise and tips as this is my first AUTOs, and all my shit seems to grow really really slow..
Day 57(see pics): 9 days since last full watering, have been giving 12 second waterings every other day at lights on, if I don't do this my soil drys out way to fast and shocks the plants, with my sprayer 12 seconds is a little less than a solo cup of water... so just to keep moisture in. all 6 plants are looking great, not mega plants like I see some of you growing but I have 6 of these, 3 mothers and 6 other plants all under a 400w T5 and I have only feed these girls 1x all grow! So for the input and at 5$ a seed I'm happy with how it's going, defiantly can tell 3 plants are 5-7 days more mature, although they are all the same age, 5 of the plants are all about the same height and size, one is a runt and notabally does not drink as much as the others.
Probabally will feed/full water these girls when I get home later, pots are light today, may wait till lights on tomorow AM
Day 60: these girls got moved to the "open veg" out of the tent, my 3 light rotation is back in full swing and these girls are gonna ride out the next couple weeks untill they finished, same exact light, but less plants sobasically I increased the light 400w T5
Note: my 2 week old clones are on the edge of the same light, 32 of them, aren't they cute :)
You can follow that grow as well
Thanks for stoping by
Day 64(see pics) 4 of them are defiantly in the last couple weeks, 2 still not as mature almost a full week behind... whatever, it was for an experiment and to get some quick flower while I was rebuilding my three light rotation all in all so far still very happy with this grow very little input on my end and seems to be growing on par for with the seat manufacture claims on yield which is 8oz in a 3x3 space and I'm in a 4x2 space with these girls so. All good
Tricombes are really starting to form now, some cloudy but mostly all clear still
Day 66: started flushing the 2 most mature plants. In 3 gal pots so I flushed RO water at 40ppm 3 gallons 1/2 gal at a pour, let sit 10 mins and then flushed 3 more gals through the same way. Starting ppm after 2 gal was 650-900, finishing ppm was 125-150
Never had to flush soil before so I hope it's not too soon...
I had a little plate separator that I put up on a tote and watered through, dumped the toat after 6 gallons. Worked really well after I duct taped it down and also put inward pressure on it.. my first plant fell in and was bent over 😢😢
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Day 67: the 4 that didn't get flushed needed water.. RO water only 30-45 seconds
Day 69: same 4 super light, 30 ro water only
Waraping ip week 10, about to hit week 11, these girls are STINKY! At least 2 of them should be ready by thanksgiving here soon :)
Day 71: looking good, still have that straggler I moved to the back corner, one is really starting to yellow out, but I haven't even flushed that one yet.. will not be able too for a few days eather, but I'm sure it will be fine, haven't been feeding very heavy
Starting to get close....
You can follow my other grows too. My 3 light rotation is in full swing now, so I'll be harvesting every 4-6 weeks from here on out!
Thanks to everyone here for all the help and love and also thanks to The Grow Boss on YouTube, your the man Jason
Day 76: (pics) tricombes on the front 2 are getting amber, will chop this weekend (it's Tuesday)
Middle 2 will get flushed this weekend and possibly the back 2
The back left one is getting fat and will have to tie up, the center left is the biggest overall cola I think
Day 78: well shit, here we are week 12, and only 1 or 2 are close to harvest... I need this space, didn't expect these to take so long..they don't seem to have matured any this week.. maybe I'm just getting impatient may have to chop 2 next week and then divide the other four up into my two photoperiod flowering tents that are going... in 7-10 days though I'm going to have to transplant my clones and use this veg space or my 3 light rotation is gonna get jacked up or my other plants are gonna get super root bound..
We shall see
Got photos from today.. basically having to water ever 2-4 days.. haven't been logging all of my watering but for the past 10 days to two weeks it's only water no nutrients
Day 81: harvested 2 plants (see pics) had 10-15% amber tricombs..
Also flushed the other 4 plants today.
Will do a total harvest update once all are done
Day 83: will have to harvest this coming thanksgiving weekend. To much going on and I need the space.. so it will be what it will be and it should be enough to hold me over untill my poptoperiods are done (check out my strawberry led diary)
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Day 86: (see pics) chopped the other 4, they were early but I had to. Will post in 3-4 days final results and more harvest pics
Day 81: chopped last 4 plants, dried on rack for 3 days and been in jars for 10 days now opening every day, so this is an accurate dry weight. Final light 500w T5 I got 107 grams of good buds, didn't weigh the larf and trim,but, I got 3 cups of oil and 2 full sticks of butter out of her too!! Already made some cookies and brownies they were yummy, kinda weak for what I am used to but ive never cooked with trim so I'll add Moreno next time :)
The smoke is nice, smooth and burns clean, defiantly can tell the quality taste I'm assuming from a well flushed plant.
Taste is kinda like cream and peppers best I can describe, and the high is fairly heavy! Very happy about that since I am primarily a night user for sleeping and de stressing..
So If you like your high to "turn the sound downbeat on the world" I recommend this strain for sure!
She was easy to grow I planted the seed straight into a 3 gallon after sprouting it in a paper towel I hardly had any nutrients ever and it never had the correct light always sharing it with my veg. Ican only imagine how good this would grow if you cared for properly.
Also I got these from ILGM.com not all of them sprouted, I emailed them asking how their germination guarantee work and from that single email they sent me 2x more then didn't sprout and 5 other free seeds!! So I definitely recommend them they advertise here now but I've used them since before that order from them twice receipt from them three times or quality products
No more autos for a while I think. My three light rotation is in full swing and is taking up all of my time now
Thanks for checking alpine my grow really enjoy all the friends I've made here and all the cool stuff to see and learn. I would also like to thank grow diaries for this platform for us all to share and get better. I'd also like to mention if it were not for "the grow boss "you can find on YouTube if you don't have his books buy them and watch his show, it's free we and you will get better!
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